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VICKI: THE SCENERY AT DONNER
LAKE IS SHIFTING, WITH FRESH
POWDER COATING THE SIERRA, AND
ANOTHER BATCH IN STORE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE NO
WORD
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING,
STUNNING
VICKI: EDNA GARCIA ONLY
EXPERIENCING THE LAKE TAHOE AREA
FROM AFAR IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
>> I WATCH IT ON NATGEO AND I
FOLLOW THIS AREA, AND IT'S JUST
SO SURREAL TO BE HERE.
AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO SMALL.
VICKI: THE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
HELPING TO HEAT UP INTEREST AT
RESORTS LIKE SUGAR BOWL.
>> OH IT'S A NIGHT AND DAY
DIFFERENCE.
THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE GROUND
SATURDAY.
THERE WERE A COUPLE PATCHES UP
HIGH, BUT OTHERWISE NOTHING.
AND NOW WE GOT GREAT SNOW.
VICKI: AND LOCAL RENTAL SHOPS
ARE HOPING FOR A STRONG WINTER
TURNOUT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE BAY
AREA, THEY LOOK AT THE WEATHER
AND THEY SEE THIS HAPPENING AND
THEY START PLANNING FOR THE
SEASON AND BOOKING THEIR PLACES
AND EVERYTHING.
VICKI: IN THE MEANTIME, OTHERS
ARE MAKING THEIR OWN MAKESHIFT
RUNS.
>> JUST TRIED MY FIRST JUMP AND
CRASHED, WHICH IS GOOD.
I LOVE WRECKING.
VICKI: FOR MISH BOOKER, THIS IS
HIS FIRST SNOW, TRAVELING FROM
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.
>> IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
IT'S DEFINITELY NEW, NOTHING
THAT I HAVE DONE BEFORE.
IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO
EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER AND SNOW
AND EVERYTHING, AND THE VIEWS.
IT'S AMAZING.
VICKI: BUT EXCITEMENT FOR SOME,
IS PREPARATION FOR OTHERS THE
HEADQUARTERS AT KINGVALE HAS THE
MOST SNOW EQUIPMENT OF ANY
CALTRANS STATEWIDE.
>> HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER NORMAL YEAR LIKE WE HAD
LAST YEAR.
A NORMAL YEAR OVER DONNER PASS
MEANS A LOT OF ACTION, A LOT OF
SNOW, BEST TO BE PREPARED.
VICKI: CAUTION ON THE ROADS,
OPTIMISM ON THE SLOPES, AND
GRATITUDE FROM THE VISTA.
>> OH MY GOSH MY HEART IS WARM,
SO IT'S AMAZING.
VICKI: AT DONNER LAKE, VICKI